People from Bolton

English merchant and astronomer (1799–1880)

British inventor, pioneer of the spinning industry (1753-1827)

British historian

British sailor (1869-1940)

English engineer (1823–1905)

Socialist and suffragette (1872–1956)

British church minister and mathematician (1806–1895)

captain of the SS Californian (1877–1962)

British archaeologist and egyptologist

British film critic (1929-1989)

English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering

British musician and artist (1903–1999)

Textile engineer and founder of the Twente Steam Bleachworks in Goor, the Netherlands.

American geotechnical engineering professor (1922–1989)

British Conservative life peer and Chancellor of the University of Bolton

British chemist and historian of science (1886–1965)